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This guidance explains what liability orders are in child maintenance cases and how to pay them.

• Updated: 1 October 2013

This guidance explains how to pay child maintenance using Collect & Pay arrangements and what happens if you do not make a payment.

• Updated: 6 September 2022

See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use

• How child maintenance is worked out

  The Child Maintenance Service usually follows 6 steps to work out the…

• Asking for other income and expenses to be included

  You can ask the Child Maintenance Service to take other income and…

• When payments can change

  The amount you pay or receive in child maintenance can change when: your…

How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.

What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.

You might be able to get Income Tax back or pay less tax if you make maintenance payments to an ex-spouse or civil partner.

Find out about eligibility and requirements for the maintenance of weatherproof traditional farm buildings option.

• Updated: 4 January 2024

What happens when the Environment Agency stops maintaining a flood or coastal erosion defence, how to challenge the decision and how to manage your risk afterwards.

• Updated: 6 April 2016

This information sheet tells you how to apply the correct liability to domestic service charges from 1 November 2018.

• Updated: 7 September 2018

Codes of Practice detail the regular maintenance requirements of safety equipment and systems to a high standard, as is required to maintain fishing certificates.

• Updated: 9 September 2021